Archive for the ‘2012 Presidential Election’

Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala, www.jillstein.org, were found not guilty by a Philadelphia judge on January 25 on charges stemming from their participation in a housing rights protest at Fannie Mae’s regional offices. The two women were the Green Party’s 2012 presidential and vice presidential nominees.

— by Chris Robinson, Green Party of Philadelphia, City Committee at Large.
This white paper looks at the election returns for Jill Stein for President and Cheri Honkala for Vice President on Tuesday, November 6, in Philadelphia County, PA. The numbers come from two sources: Voter Registration Lists for the General Election and City Commissioners’ Election Results.

As of November 13, Stein and Honkala had received 422,017 votes nationwide (0.31 percent). In PA, Stein and Honkala had received 20,552 votes (0.35 percent), slightly better than their national average. In Philadelphia, Stein and Honkala had received 2,021 votes (0.31 percent), a very average vote total.

The Philadelphia Stein/Honkala Campaign recruited 35 poll volunteers who were assigned to 69 polling places out of the total 1,683 polling places. At their request, three of the volunteers were assigned to work at a polling place other than where they voted. Eight of the volunteers were Democrats, 4 were Independents, and 23 were Greens. Six of these volunteers did not show up. Three of these no-shows were Democrats, and three of them were newly registered Greens. (more…)

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, www.jillstein.org, was handcuffed and arrested on October 31 after bringing food and supplies to a coalition of climate justice activists, known as the “Tar Sands Blockade,” who are attempting to stop the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas. She is currently at Wood County Jail awaiting processing.

“Everyone needs to step up resistance to climate-killing emissions,” said Stein, who was willing to risk arrest in order to show solidarity for this blockade. “Romney and Obama are only talking about the symptoms of climate change in terms of destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy; the blockaders are addressing the cause.” (more…)

OpEd News, October 2, 2012

Philly Greens Hold Kickoff for Presidential Campaign

On Friday, September 21, the Green Party of Philadelphia (GPOP, www.gpop.org) held their Kickoff for the Green Presidential Campaign at the William Way Community Center, www.waygay.org, in Philadelphia.

Fifty members of the press and friends of the Green Party gathered to hear how Dr. Jill Stein, who is running for President, and Cheri Honkala, running for Vice President, will present a real choice for voters, www.jillstein.org. Erin Worrell Esq., a member of the GPOP City Committee was MC for the evening.

Chris Robinson, a member of the GPOP City Committee, began by explaining how the Green Party is not an alternative Party. “It is the imperative Party,” he said, “because only the Green Party has solutions to the crises facing our nation.” Robinson spoke about the Green’s opposition to the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, their demand for a ban on fracking, the Green’s support for an elected school board in Philadelphia and their opposition to the sale of Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW). “On each of these issues,” Robinson said, “the Green Party is the only opposition to the two corporate parties which are running our society into the ground.” (more…)

The Philadelphia Stein/Honkala Campaign will KICKOFF their
Green Party Presidential drive at
7:00 pm on Friday, September 21, at the
William Way Community Center, www.waygay.org,
1315 Spruce Street in Center City.

The Green Party is running Dr. Jill Stein for President and
Philadelphia’s own Cheri Honkala for Vice President.

Learn more about the Stein/Honkala proposal for a Green New Deal.

Confirmed speakers:

Cheri Honkala, Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate

Carl Romanelli, Chair, Green Party of Pennsylvania

Dr. Walter Tsou, Former Health Commissioner of Philadelphia

Chris Robinson, City Committee, Green Party of Philadelphia

The Green Presidential Kickoff will include
light refreshments, music, speakers and political discussion.gpop@gpop.org.

Please join us.
This event will be open to the media and the public.

For more information, please contact the
Philadelphia Stein/Honkala Campaign at
215-243-7103 and gpop@gpop.org.

I welcome and endorse the AFL-CIO’s campaign to finally fulfill President Roosevelt’s 1944 call for a second, Economic Bill of Rights, including the rights to jobs, living wages, labor unions, voting rights, health care, education, and retirement security.

As the Green Party candidate for President, my Green New Deal platform already has specific proposals to secure these rights.

● Jobs: Employ the unemployed in public works projects and federally-supported community-controlled cooperatives and other enterprises;

● Voting Rights: Pass the Right To Vote Amendment to establish an affirmative constitutional right to vote and accurate vote counting.

● Corporate Power: Pass a constitutional amendment to repeal the corrupting court-ordered doctrines that corporations are people and money is speech and establish that corporations and election campaign finance can be regulated.

The Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, Philadelphia based activist Cheri Honkala, was in Tampa on Friday, August 25, to discuss her fledgling campaign. Founder of the Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign, www.economichumanrights.org/, Honkala was also here to talk up the group’s protest that will take place on the first day of the Republican National Convention, Monday, August 27.

Although she says that she never imagined she would be on a presidential ticket, Honkala has campaigned for office before, running for Sheriff of Philadelphia last year. (more…)

Germantown resident Rhonda Lancaster speaks about the foreclosure of her home.

Rhonda Lancaster was one of the first to speak at yesterday’s “Occupy Fannie Mae” event, a Green Party-sponsored sit-in at the Fannie Mae office in Center City to protest unjust home foreclosures. Lancaster, a musician and fitness instructor, has been dealing with foreclosure since 2009, when her mother passed away shortly after signing a reverse mortgage on their Germantown home. Thus far, she’s managed to fight off the banks; she’s even met with the president of Fannie Mae during her process, and says she’s been in discussions to buy back her home for a negotiated price. “We hope to use this as a litmus test for all the other folks who are going through this process,” Lancaster told a crowd of about 50 protesters and activists. “Because the bottom line is, when you don’t know how the process works, you’re basically swatting in the dark at flies.” (more…)

Dr. Jill Stein, www.jillstein.org, opened her Pennsylvania campaign for President of the U.S. on Monday, March 19. Campaigning in Center City at the invitation of the Green Party of Philadelphia, www.gpop.org, Stein spoke with 50 people in the ballroom of the William Way Community Center , www.waygay.org. (more…)

Neither Democrat State Rep. Jewell Williams (D-N. Phila.) nor Republican Joshua West may be aware, and most voters won’t know until the week before Nov. 3, Cheri Honkala, the feisty, nationally renowned crusader for the homeless, will be also seeking the office for Sheriff, on the Green Party ticket.

Q: How can you make our elections fairer?

A: Run them yourself.

This November, Philadelphians in each division will elect a Judge of Elections, a Majority Inspector and a Minority Inspector. Green Party members and independents have the same right to run for these positions as anyone else.

One of these spots can be yours! You’ll need less than 20 petition signatures to get on the ballot. We can help you gather them.

If you win, you’ll be trained for the job and receive $100 each primary and general election day for serving your community. You’ll help ensure fair elections by participating in electoral politics at the very roots of grassroots democracy, and bring political diversity to the election board.

Meanwhile you’ll connect with your neighbors and help build the Green Party. To find out more, call Brian at (215) 243-7103 or e-mail gpop@gpop.org.